Effects of mHealth Interventions on Improving Antenatal Care Visits and Skilled Delivery Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The poor coverage of essential maternal services, such as antenatal care (ANC) and skilled delivery care utilization, accounts for higher maternal and infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although mobile health (mHealth) interventions could potentially improve the service utilization in resource-limited settings, their effectiveness remains unclear.

Objective

This review aimed to summarize the effect of mHealth interventions on improving the uptake of ANC visits, skilled birth attendance at the time of delivery, and facility delivery among pregnant women in LMICs.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive search on 9 electronic databases and other resources from inception to October 2020. We included individual randomized controlled tria

SUBMITTER: Rahman MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9077501 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature